Ali Michael is adorable, especially in the shoot she did for the last Lula. She's styled here by Camilla Nickerson and photographed by Mario Sorrenti. I found it here. Even though I'm not a shabby chic kind of girl I would wear everything that she is (and yes, I am aware that this mish mash of fabric is worth thousands of pounds).
Fifth Avenue Show Repair are a super cool Stockholm label whose mission statement includes a dedication to 'traditional tailoring, pattern making and the old ways of the trade.' Somehow this translates into entirely modern silhouettes. The pieces above are from their 'by the no' collection, which is an experimental, made to order, trans-seasonal addition to their amazing ready-to-wear productions.
As stated a few posts back, I'll be moving house on Saturday. My house is slightly less aged and eccentric than this place, shot by Louis Parks for Vogue Korea, but it's equally charming. That said, it might take some time to bring it up to the standards of mummy's comfortable house (broadband, sky plus and constant central heating will soon be a distant memory...) I'm looking forward to my adventure, and I have a feeling that the blog might suffer slightly while I ground myself. I will definitely be collecting interns stories to share, and get back to normal service as soon as possible.
I REALLY WISH these sheets weren't almost £300 because I need them in my life. For those with well paid jobs, savings or generous parents, find them here.
Sandra Freij has worked for Lula (my fave), Dazed and Confused, Another, Mixte and a million other amazing magazines. When I was searching for information on the photographer, who splits time between Sweden and London, I accidentally discovered her facebook. Although she is definitely my sort of girl, I didn't add her. Maybe I'll get to meet her at a certain top secret LFW party that I don't know if I'm allowed to talk about yet, but will definitely document when it happens...
Tilly Bloom is a Scottish illustrator and designer living in Brooklyn. Her eerie jewellery shows her interest in antiquity, Victorian costume and the bizarre. I don't wear jewellery, and I never wear shirts, but I still really want some Beethoven cufflinks. I will definitely be ordering a bookmark.
This is Misha from Dusty Dress, one of my new favourite blogs. As someone whose clothes are 80% black, I'm always interested when people wear one dark colour in several textures. Additionally, Misha makes her own clothes, and even sells some on Etsy. Needless to say I will be stalking that shop regularly.
Photography by David Vasilijevic, found here. It's probably quite obvious that I've been looking at foto_decadent a lot lately. In the month-long gap between the old job at Topshop and the new (intern) job at Luella, I've just been hibernating and looking at dreamy pictures whilst dreaming about my new life. I move into my NW5 dream house on Saturday with three of my favourite girls, and I can hardly sit still.
I don't particularly care about her acting talent or it-girl status, but I am 100% obsessed with Clemence Poesy's hair. The first two images are from here and unfortunately I can't remember where the others are from. As soon as the weird layer has grown out my hair will look like this... then stage one will be complete in attaining the ultimate rich girl hair.
Audrey Marnay is beautiful. From Vogue IT October 1998. Shot by my new favourite photographer, Paolo Roversi. Found here.
* My favourite.
(Via Childhood Flames)
I went househunting yesterday, which was a disaster and not just because of the rain. I'm not the sort of girl who can handle running around London all day with wet feet, so I decided to wear my All Saints military boots. Excellent for tramping around in puddles, but I also had to go to my new office (a fashion house :( !) to meet everyone, and I realised that my coats are too feminine to look at all decent with the boots. I had to choose comfort over making a good first impression, which probably added 3 months onto my internship. If I had a Matthew Ames cover up then I wouldn't have this problem- they are versatile and sculptural enough that if I chose to wear bin bags on my feet I would still look great. These images are from his A/W '08 collection, there is a lot more to see on his site.
For our New Year's celebration this year, we went back to wartime. Gin, games and smoking like we didn't know the health warnings. It was fabulous.
I say or think this a lot, but if I were a boy, I would dress exactly like Hans Christian Madsen's models. Most of these looks are from his RCA MA collection, via here.
It is tempting, in the first week of this new year, to make a fresh start with clean lines and pure colours... Though impractical, flimsy and semi-transparent, Kostas Murkudis is suddenly a tempting option. Realistically, before the snow even melts I will have given up this idea and be happily back in my black uniform. Luckily Murkudis is an extremely diverse designer, with numerous sculptural and moody collaborations for me to choose from.
I'm about to move into my first post-student house with three friends. We are all quite house proud, a bit girlie (not in a sugary pink way so much as a fresh flowers and cups of tea way) and our home is going to be a beautiful picture of shabby-chic. Preferrably with log fires, although this is bound to be a long shot in the London rental market. I've never been particularly interested in crockery or homeware (usually my weekly university budget gave clothes precedence over food, so pretty dishes were not even on my radar). However, I have found myself lately going into kitsch cooking shops and dreaming about the Emma Bridgewater pirate dishes, and when I saw these designs from Undergrowth I thought I'd died and gone to heaven (except that they are sooooo expensive). I would rather eat raw vegetables than turn on an oven, but that cake stand would make me take up professional baking. Click the title link to see an interesting bio of Tina Tsang (a Central St. Martins graduate- obviously) and some naughty retro underwear and accessories.
Although I'm not usually attracted to pastel colours (apart from the new season ice cream coloured Miu Miu bags), the THREEASFOUR tailoring is something to be seen. These are some clothes I would love to see up close, try on and them take home.
I look at clothes websites/blogs/fashion mags far too often. This means that even though I decide on a daily basis that I need to save money for my long internship, I am also constantly finding the next thing that I absolutely need to own. Often it isn't particularly expensive, but I am finding it hard to face the reality that no money will be entering my bank account for at least 6 months (unless I cave and get a weekend job, most probably at a clothes shop, most definitely just so that I can buy more clothes). The main reason that I am holding off (for the most part) on splashing out, aside from the guilt factor, is my need to wait and see how I feel as an office girl, which will likely necessitate a different wardrobe than my Topshop uniform. Of course, this strategic shopping ban does not include jewellery. Hence Laura Lobdell is added to my ridiculously long list of places to buy from when I finally visit New York.
Don the Verb is a label that emerged from Yanina Landsaat's New York vintage store as a collaboration with one of her regular customers, Hanna Astrom. These photos are from the F/W '08 collection: 'Modern Warrior', clothes made to adapt to the elements of an urban environment while remaining stylized and practical. The very limited-edition pieces (30 of each item were produced for their S/S '09 collection) are one size, trans-seasonal and the sort of thing I imagine myself to wear when I'm slightly more grown up, my head is less easily turned by silly fashion fads, and I need a killer professional image.
This is Gala, her blog is over here. My friend Amee and I decided that she has the ultimate rich girl hair. I've been growing mine for a year and it's still only half this length. Hopefully by the time it gets warm enough to put together my own version of this excellent outfit my hair will be doing a better impression of hers as well!
Zoe Bradley has one of the most ridiculously amazing portfolios I have ever seen. The London-based sculptural artist splits her time between creating innovative paper window displays, exhibitions and editorials, as well as lending her talents to designers, making cult showpieces for Alexander McQueen and Michiko Koshini. Click the title to be taken to her website, there is much, much more to see than I could possibly display.
